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May 24, 2008

CONTACT MY SECRETARY FOR YOUR COMPENSATION – 419 Email Scam

Filed under: 419 Scams,Advance fee scam — Tags: — admin @ 11:24 pm

I can’t remember doing any business with this person that can’t remember my name but, there again, with so many emails offering me large sums of money it is so easy to forget!

From: Barrister Niculas James mroluchiez@gmail.com
Dearest, Please accept my apology for not contacting you earlier before now due to my tight schedules. I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that money under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay Presently I’m in Paraguay with the partner for some projects with the money. Meanwhile i didn’t forget you’re past efforts and attempts to assist me in the transaction that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in Nigeria, his name is MR.OLUCHI EZE and his email address is (mroluchiez@gmail.com) phone number +234-14087463 ask him to send you the total $800,000USD Draft which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much .so feel free and get in touch with my secretary MR.OLUCHI EZE and instruct him where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at that time. I’m very busy here because of the investment projects, which the new partner and me are having at hand, finally, Remember that I had forwarded instruction to My secretary on your behalf to receive those money feel free to get in touch with MR.OLUCHI EZE he will send the amount to you without any delay. With best regards, Barrister Niculas James (Esq)
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May 13, 2008

Diplomatic Courier Service – 419 Email Scam

Filed under: 419 Scams,advanced fees scam — Tags: — admin @ 4:41 pm

Odd really, many people now know that emails from Nigeria are likely to be a scam, yet these scammers keep referring to organisations from this country…

From: mailbofffv@earthlink.net / payumentoffice20071@yahoo.com.hk

 From the Desk Of:
Prof Charles Soludo
Executive Governor (CBN)
IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/06
[OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR]

We have this on 13th day of April, 2008 received a payment credit instruction from the Federal Government of Nigeria to credit your account with your full contract funds from the Nigerian Reserve Account with our bank.

This is to notify you that your funds has been programmed for immediate release into your nominated account, but we can not transfer this funds directly into  your nominated bank account, because we are having a little problem with International Monetary Fund (IMF); so, our method of payment will be via  Diplomatic Courier Service.

Be informed  that every arrangement regarding your cash payment through
Diplomatic Services has been made; and your funds have been packaged as a consignment.

Meanwhile, be also  informed that the Diplomatic Agent has to move down to your Country in order to deliver the Consignment to your doorstep as appropriate.

Note that as soon as the Diplomat(s) arrive to your Country they will give you a call to notify you of their arrival. Then, you will have to help the diplomats to get a (yellow Tag Paper)  to avoid stoppage of any kind  by the customs and immigration at the Airport. Furthermore,  for security reasons, you are advice to follow the rules and regulatios of the Diplomats for easy collection of your consignment. You will have to welcome them warmly, to create  an enabling atmosphere for them, and then, they will deliver the Consignment to  you immediately.

Also note that as soon as the Diplomats obtain the above named Certificate  (Yellow Tag Paper) they will deliver the Consignment to your door step with no further problems.

Please don’t forget that its not only your consignment that has to be delivered, as they still have a transit to Poland, and finally to arrived your  Country as the last destination on their Diplomatic Travel Route this week,  I want you to send your direct mobile phone and your home address to me immediately, so that as soon as the diplomats arrive in the States, they will  call you immediately to notify you of their arrival, and then, you will  call me  immediately.

On response to this letter, make sure you include your following personal information, for the facilitation and processes of  things.

Your Full Name: ______________________________
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not
P.O.BOX) : ______________________________
Name of City of Residence:_______________________________
Country:____________________________________
Direct Telephone Number:
____________________________________
Mobile
Number:____________________________________
Number:___________________________________
Occupation:_______________________________

BEST REGARDS,
PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
NOTE: RESPONSE SHOULD BE MADE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR YOU.

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From: Mr Morris Agogo – 419 Email Scam

Filed under: 419 Scams,advanced fees scam — Tags: — admin @ 3:10 pm

Another rehashed scam wanting money to release a consignment of gold dust.

from: morris_agogo2@yahoo.com

Beloved ,

my name is Mr. Morris Agogo, from Sudan ; although this proposal might come to you as a surprise I am sending this mail to you in a good faith by the grace of god to build an utmost confidence in you.

My father Dr. Thomson Agogo (of his blessed memory) was the chief accountant to the ministry of finance in the past political regime in Sudan .
During his vibrant days of services, he deposited; 350 kilogram of unrefined gold dust, worth of sixteen million, six hundred and eighty thousand pounds i.e.
(£16. 680. 000. 00) in a security company as a family items for security reasons, here in Accra Ghana the nearest country west African because as a civil servant he cannot keep this funds in his private account in our country.

I am therefore soliciting for a help. I want you to help me receive the funds oversea for investment purposes. my late father signed a contract bond which stated that he will claim these boxes with his foreign partner abroad but unfortunately; we lost his partner in the last London after a brief illness, may his soul rest in perfect peace.

That is the more reason why I need your help because our proposed partner is dead and the company has given us the authority to appoint someone who will stand and receive the boxes, all the deposit documents which my late father usedto deposit the boxes in the security company is with us here in Ghana . I promised to will offer 35% for your help and any expenses inured. (Both as miscellaneous and accrued expenses).

I pray that the good god almighty through his infinite mercy will continue to bless you more abundantly. Please do reply me if you accept my proposal, I will be waiting to be hearing from you soonest.

 

Best regards.
From: Mr. Morris Agogo.

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May 2, 2008

BIG LOTTERY FUND LUCKY WINNER – Lottery Email Scam

Filed under: Lottery Scams — Tags: , — admin @ 1:13 pm

The scammers seem to be back in full swing after a few weeks of quiet!

Please note the Big Lottery Fund does NOT run a lottery. They make payments to causes from money raised by the UK National Lottery. This is what they say in regard to email scams:

Have you received an email telling you that you have won a prize from Big Lottery Fund? If you have, it has not come from us. We do not run a lottery or give away prizes. We only make grants to people and organisations that have applied to us. Any lottery that asks for payment to claim a prize is not run by either the Big Lottery Fund or the UK National Lottery.

We advise you not to give your money or your details to unknown organisations or individuals.

Also, there wasn’t a draw made by the UK National Lottery on the 1st April (perhaps this is a late April Fools trick?). The closest draw was made on the 2nd April & the numbers were: 2 – 6 – 21 – 23 – 43 – 47 – 29 with a bonus number of 5. The prize was £2,503,562, split between 2 winners.

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from “BIG LOTTERY FUND.” claims_roeder@yahoo.com.hk
to Admin@wr-il.net
subject BIG LOTTERY FUND LUCKY WINNER

BIG LOTTERY FUND
BIRMINGHAM CENTRE,
APEX HOUSE 3 EMBASSY DRIVE EDGBASTON,
BRIMINGHAM B15 1TR,
UNITED KINGDOM.

We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent BIG LOTTERY FUND PROGRAMME DRAWS (#1001) held on the 1ST of April, 2008 through computer ballot system Your email,is attached to ticket number 023-1856-790-279, with serial number 5073-10 drew the lucky numbers 43-58-42-37-69-72 Bonus No. 7, and consequently won the lottery in the first category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ?2,500,000.00 POUNDS STERLING.{Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling} in cash credited to file REF: BLF/26510460037/02.

This is from total prize money of ?25,000,000.00 shared among Ten Lucky international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa as part of International Promotions Program.

You have to send following details in order to facilitate the processing and release of your winning.

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April 29, 2008

Alert-You Have 1 New Secure Message – Halifax Phishing Email

Filed under: Phishing — Tags: , — admin @ 3:22 pm

After a lull in the number of phishing emails recently, today I received an email masquerading as being from Halifax. However, the link takes you to a hacked directory site – http://www.directorymember.us/include/formslogin.htm.

Email forwarded to: security@hbosplc.com at 16.07 (GMT +1) 29 Apr 2008.

For those wishing to see the email body for comparison to any messages you may have received, the content is below.

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Dear Online Account Holder,

Access To Your Account Is Currently Unavailable .

Please click the link below to restore your account access.
RESTORE YOUR ACCOUNT ACCESS .

Thank you.
Customer Service
(c) Halifax Online Banking

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